Rhesus incompatibility

or rhesus disease, is a condition in which a child inherits a blood type from the father that is incompatible with the mother's blood because one parent's blood contains the Rh (rhesus) factor and the other parent's does not. During labor, some of the baby's blood can enter the mother's circulation; if this happens, the mother's blood will form antibodies to attack the foreign

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